Creaking dams and flooding rivers add to China quake fears

Chinese quake rescuers struggled with flooded rivers and dams in danger of collapse threatening to add to the devastation today.

Creaking dams and flooding rivers add to China quake fears

Chinese quake rescuers struggled with flooded rivers and dams in danger of collapse threatening to add to the devastation today.

Nearly 2,000 soldiers marched to the rapidly spreading Tangjiashan lake in Beichuan county, each carrying a rucksack of explosives to blast away debris causing the waters to back up.

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